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now, mitt romney has never made that claim. this is coming from a report making all kinds of arguments. and he's made all kinds of a assumptions that the romney campaign has rejected. also puts harvey rosen, you can also generate enough growth to avoid a middle class tax increase. there are a loft credible folks saying something else. it's a fact he's going to raise middle class tax. >> the obama campaign, david plouffe is a chris christie of the campaign saying their campaign is built on a tripod of lies and the president has said sometimes they just make things up. >> last i checked, isn't this called politics? you have lying all the time in politics. it is our responsibility to call folks out on it. on my tv 1 show, i have a segment called the biggest damn lie. >> that's got to be a very tough line to draw. >> some lies are much bigger than the others. you have to call folks out on it. here's the problem i have when it comes to a debate. when you hear lies on a debate, they should be called on out on the spot. when you hear
now, mitt romney has never made that claim. this is coming from a report making all kinds of arguments. and he's made all kinds of a assumptions that the romney campaign has rejected. also puts harvey rosen, you can also generate enough growth to avoid a middle class tax increase. there are a loft credible folks saying something else. it's a fact he's going to raise middle class tax. >> the obama campaign, david plouffe is a chris christie of the campaign saying their campaign is built on...
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i wanted to play it. >> i want to talk to you about women. >> and about mitt romney. >> mitt romney's for ending funding to planned parenthood, including cancer screenings. he said he'd overturn row v. wade. >> we have republicans trying to redefine rape. >> trying to force women to undergo invasive ultrasounds. >> vote for president obama. >> that's a powerful ad that you did. do you think you can be for women and vote for mitt romney? >> i think it's pretty hard. you can make an argument about the economic issues. although if you look at his economic plan, it doesn't really help most women. but you can -- economic issue. you can lie about it. say i didn't really mean a $5 trillion tax cut and i'm not really going to tell you how i'm going to pay for it. really going to tell you how i'm going to pay for it and all of that. but when it comes to things like women's reproductive health care, you can't lie. you can either say i'm for a woman's right to choose or i'm not. and romney is very clearly for women's right to choose. one of the few things that is very rarely talked about in pres
i wanted to play it. >> i want to talk to you about women. >> and about mitt romney. >> mitt romney's for ending funding to planned parenthood, including cancer screenings. he said he'd overturn row v. wade. >> we have republicans trying to redefine rape. >> trying to force women to undergo invasive ultrasounds. >> vote for president obama. >> that's a powerful ad that you did. do you think you can be for women and vote for mitt romney? >> i think...
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rupert knows that mitt romney is going to lose, governor christie knows that mitt romney is going to lose and they are all positioning themselves. >> i'm sorry. >> the governor for four years from now. and rupert murdoch -- >> i think you see you champing at the bit. >> it's a bridge too far. this race is tied, we know it's tied. and polls all over the place, and with some certainty. >> who is going to break the tie. >> to say with certainty, the last few days, a president went to a crisis -- did his photo op, did what he had to do. you are giving him a lot of credit. it usually goes to the governor. christie credit. >> there were experts here. rupert murdoch knows what's going to happen, and i suspect governor christie knows pretty well what's going to happen. >> i don't understand why you are saying that. you don't know that. >> i know the two men. read the tea leaves here. >> sir, i'm reading the polls. a dead tie. looking at the battleground states. i don't read tea leaves. i read politics. >> and a 30% chance -- >> either way here -- >> and barack obama has a 70% chance of winni
rupert knows that mitt romney is going to lose, governor christie knows that mitt romney is going to lose and they are all positioning themselves. >> i'm sorry. >> the governor for four years from now. and rupert murdoch -- >> i think you see you champing at the bit. >> it's a bridge too far. this race is tied, we know it's tied. and polls all over the place, and with some certainty. >> who is going to break the tie. >> to say with certainty, the last few...
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you are are voicing it from the storm this cannot help mitt romney can it? >> no. >> and the cynic would say would did mitt romney do in the past weeks to piss off chris christie. he didn't have to go the extra ten miles that he went. >> he said the president went the extra mile. i think he is a straight guy. i think he aa straight talker. i think he means it. >> i think he is very sincere. this is his home town absolutely devastated. i think he has thought stop the election this is about this and the president is going the extra mile for me. >> i saw the press conference and he pointed out how after irene a year ac the hurricane he put forward a bill in the new jersey ledge literature to change a 100 year old law that when utilities are down they are fined $100 a day. he wanted that changed to $100,000 a day to tell the utilities to upgrade your infra structure and use your profits to do a better job and i thought wow he was saying that. >> i think people who have been respectful of the difficult job that the authorities have had. and i think all the mayors
you are are voicing it from the storm this cannot help mitt romney can it? >> no. >> and the cynic would say would did mitt romney do in the past weeks to piss off chris christie. he didn't have to go the extra ten miles that he went. >> he said the president went the extra mile. i think he is a straight guy. i think he aa straight talker. i think he means it. >> i think he is very sincere. this is his home town absolutely devastated. i think he has thought stop the...
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so romney's been here before. this is not his first time at the rodeo, that behind-to-ahead rodeo that we see in the polls quite often. cnn's political editor, paul steinhauser, is live for us in danville, kentucky, where the vice presidential debate is just one day away, getting under way tomorrow night. so latest polls, obviously this is a good time for the romney camp. it's nice to see a big bounce after the debate. but -- and that's a big but -- polls are finicky things. and they have to know in that camp that this is the precarious position, paul. >> reporter: yeah, they're not taking anything for granted, romney campaign officials saying that, listen, they see polls go up, they see polls go down. they're staying with their same strategy. thank you for that trip down memory lane. i've been covering this race for a year and a half, so i appreciate those memories. this is interesting. the polls were starten to tighten up even before last week's debate. take a look at this, though. this is our cnn poll of polls.
so romney's been here before. this is not his first time at the rodeo, that behind-to-ahead rodeo that we see in the polls quite often. cnn's political editor, paul steinhauser, is live for us in danville, kentucky, where the vice presidential debate is just one day away, getting under way tomorrow night. so latest polls, obviously this is a good time for the romney camp. it's nice to see a big bounce after the debate. but -- and that's a big but -- polls are finicky things. and they have to...
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he is still 11% ahead of mitt romney. so which over way the spin the apple cart. >> i don't want to spin anything. >> he carried men. in fact the real gender gap exists but no one wants to talk about that. >> he got hammered. >> all i'm saying is that women tend to favor democrats and men tend to favor republican ares. >> what happened yesterday is that women favored a successful president by slim digits and barack obama carried unmarried women. and mitt romney carried white women barack obama carried not white women. but on the broader question, three quick things, one is go to where the woman women are. the idea that women are going to click onto the adds to the tup of $1 billion is foolish and insulting to women. and there was never a good response about obamacare and about benghazi and a failure to communicate against this war on women. >> let me bring in cecile here, you have had a good run there. so, it was a convincing victory and there is no doubt that women were more attracted to him and what he stood for than th
he is still 11% ahead of mitt romney. so which over way the spin the apple cart. >> i don't want to spin anything. >> he carried men. in fact the real gender gap exists but no one wants to talk about that. >> he got hammered. >> all i'm saying is that women tend to favor democrats and men tend to favor republican ares. >> what happened yesterday is that women favored a successful president by slim digits and barack obama carried unmarried women. and mitt romney...
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that mitt romney is a good guy. he doesn't drink, doesn't smoke, doesn't take drugs, doesn't womenize and he prays. >> the idea that if you are a religious person no matter what your faith, is you have something in common. >> i thought it was a very smart point to make. >> it was not like a calculation. i think they got really badly burned. in 2007 you had voters, they wouldn't shake ann romney's hand because she was a mormon. they were really badly hurt by it. i think it is something they decided they can do it. i think the advisers have been urging them for a while. >> tonight, paul ryan opened that conversation for mitt romney tomorrow night by really walking in and talking about the shared creed among all the people. and mitt romney has been so cautious about this subject and it is really something humanizes him. and paul ryan allowed him to go there tomorrow night and he wants to. >> i think he's been hiding here for too long. everybody knows as he committed mormon. he donates tens of millions of dollars to the
that mitt romney is a good guy. he doesn't drink, doesn't smoke, doesn't take drugs, doesn't womenize and he prays. >> the idea that if you are a religious person no matter what your faith, is you have something in common. >> i thought it was a very smart point to make. >> it was not like a calculation. i think they got really badly burned. in 2007 you had voters, they wouldn't shake ann romney's hand because she was a mormon. they were really badly hurt by it. i think it is...
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>> ohio is still a goal for mitt romney. his campaign is confident that they are gaining ground there and that despite the polls showing the president having a slight edge there, they can win it. you've seen really good rallies for him there this weekend, good turnout, but he's still going to virginia where he really feels he needs to shore up support and hold off president obama. they're feeling better about florida, but remember, there is a whole other handful of states with iowa, colorado and new hampshire that they need to worry about as well. with a 48-45 race, both are confident but both are nervous. >> it seems there was an argument made by both camps that there were an awful lot of undecideds two days now before election day. is that the case? >> that's not what the polls show, but of course, there is a big argument that we're going to be having a real debate about the integrity of these polls. a lot of the republicans think the samples are heavilying d i g democratic, that they're not using right polli ining models,
>> ohio is still a goal for mitt romney. his campaign is confident that they are gaining ground there and that despite the polls showing the president having a slight edge there, they can win it. you've seen really good rallies for him there this weekend, good turnout, but he's still going to virginia where he really feels he needs to shore up support and hold off president obama. they're feeling better about florida, but remember, there is a whole other handful of states with iowa,...
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in a way that mitt romney doesn't. mitt romney, because he's perceived to have flip-flopped on issues, because he comes over as robotic, comes across as somewhat slippery. their word, not mine. do you accept any of that criticism? >> i don't accept the criticism. i don't think he's slippery. i think his views evolved over time and we've admitted that. and i think we do want people who are always reevaluating positions and issues to make sure it's something they're still comfortable with and willing to fight for. >> but here's the problem, the lesson we learned is we will no longer abandon and apologize for the policies and principles that made the country great for a hollow victory in november. now he's banging that drum and i think he's banging it quite successfully to many conservatives. what he's saying is i am true to my principles and they're conservative principles. if you study his record, it's very hard to find much evidence of what some would say is opportunist being flip-flopping. >> senator santorum has also
in a way that mitt romney doesn't. mitt romney, because he's perceived to have flip-flopped on issues, because he comes over as robotic, comes across as somewhat slippery. their word, not mine. do you accept any of that criticism? >> i don't accept the criticism. i don't think he's slippery. i think his views evolved over time and we've admitted that. and i think we do want people who are always reevaluating positions and issues to make sure it's something they're still comfortable with...
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he also has some advice for mitt romney. nobody probably on god's earth has a better idea of what mitt romney should do to win this election. you've been governor twice. you won two terms in florida. which going to be one of the key battlegrounds. your brother and your father were both president. he a guy who can relate to the ordinary american in the street? >> there's two factors to this. one is that he's been reluctant to share what's in his heart and who he is. the guy's have the bark scraped off him by an opponent. who wants to change the conversation away from his economic policy. i don't know if you know, we're a battleground state so we get a lot of tv ads. you would think mitt romney is everything, you know, should be in prison for first degree something i mean because -- >> he did all this i mean i was following the trail with the republican nominee race. to be fair to barack obama and the democrats mitt romney was beating up his opponents with equal vigor on the nominee race, wasn't he, they've both been at each o
he also has some advice for mitt romney. nobody probably on god's earth has a better idea of what mitt romney should do to win this election. you've been governor twice. you won two terms in florida. which going to be one of the key battlegrounds. your brother and your father were both president. he a guy who can relate to the ordinary american in the street? >> there's two factors to this. one is that he's been reluctant to share what's in his heart and who he is. the guy's have the bark...
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romney: "it's time to stand up to the cheaters" vo: tough on china? not mitt romney. when a flood of chinese tires threatened a thousand american jobs... it was president obama who stood up to china and protected american workers. mitt romney attacked obama's decision... said standing up to china was "bad for the nation and our workers." how can mitt romney take on the cheaters... when he's taking their side? >>> i'm chatting off camera with christine romans because i can't believe the story i'm about to bring you. it's the economy. we talk a lot about low interest rates on this show. right now money is as cheap as you can get. christine romans is here to talk about the other side of cheap interest rates. you don't always benefit. you might get a great, you know, bonus on your mortgage rate. >> right. >> i was just looking back in the '80s. a five-year cd, which is where you want to plunk your money. back in the '80s when we were just babies. >> i don't remember the '80s, actually. >> liar, liar. 12%, we used to get 12% on a five-year cd. today, what? 2%. >> not even
romney: "it's time to stand up to the cheaters" vo: tough on china? not mitt romney. when a flood of chinese tires threatened a thousand american jobs... it was president obama who stood up to china and protected american workers. mitt romney attacked obama's decision... said standing up to china was "bad for the nation and our workers." how can mitt romney take on the cheaters... when he's taking their side? >>> i'm chatting off camera with christine romans because...
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mitt romney was nastier to china, but barack obama and mitt romney in the last debate were trying to outdo each other on who could be tougher on china. clearly the chinese regime gets that was just talk and will get down to business. >> absolutely, ali. they understand the u.s. election cycle as they are pragmatic people. the new leadership is widely regarded in china. they are going to continue the policies. as you all know, a very long-term view. we have seen the chinese economy awakening over the past year or so as it seems to be flattening out now. the new leadership of this to pick up a bit, the fed is going to introduce a couple goodies to help things happen. we'll find out the new leadership? a week or so from now. and they get what happens in the u.s. political cycle. >> andrew stevens, thank you so much. our live coverage and selection continues right now. >>> good morning. we want to welcome the viewers around the united states and the world. i'm soledad o'brien. president obama has been re-elected. republicans keep the house, democrats keep the senate. what will that mean
mitt romney was nastier to china, but barack obama and mitt romney in the last debate were trying to outdo each other on who could be tougher on china. clearly the chinese regime gets that was just talk and will get down to business. >> absolutely, ali. they understand the u.s. election cycle as they are pragmatic people. the new leadership is widely regarded in china. they are going to continue the policies. as you all know, a very long-term view. we have seen the chinese economy...
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when i have advice to give to mitt romney, i'd give it to mitt romney and not anybody else. >> if you were being criticallyly of mitt romney -- >> i wouldn't be. >> you have been. >> i haven't. >> you were when he didn't release his tax returns. >> that was a suggestion. >> there's an inconsistency. >> no, there isn't. >> people look at you as the passion part of the vehicle, that you're in his engine and you're the one giving all the passion. they need it from mitt romney. he's the candidate. he's the guy that has to somehow now find another gear. i suppose what i'm getting at is where is that gear going to come from? what have we not seen so far? >> it's going to come from inside him. and if he doesn't, he won't win. listen, the end of the day i'm a surrogate, i'm a supporter. i'll do everything i can to win the nomination and the presidency. in the end he has too win the nomination and the presidency. where will the next gear come from? it will come from right here. that's part of the reasons why we have campaigns is for people to see that and test it. i've seen it one-on-one and i
when i have advice to give to mitt romney, i'd give it to mitt romney and not anybody else. >> if you were being criticallyly of mitt romney -- >> i wouldn't be. >> you have been. >> i haven't. >> you were when he didn't release his tax returns. >> that was a suggestion. >> there's an inconsistency. >> no, there isn't. >> people look at you as the passion part of the vehicle, that you're in his engine and you're the one giving all the...
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not such a good night for mitt romney. you are a romney supporter. what does he need to do next tuesday for illinois? what does he need to do to make sure he wins in illinois? >> i think he will do well and i don't necessarily agree. he picked up a third of the delegates and has more combined than the rest of them combined. it wasn't a bad night. he doll well in illinois and follow the mark kirk model and run as a fiscal conservative and win big here, i think. >> the most recent poll had mitt romney at 35% and santorum at 31%. is that too close for comfort? >> this is a delegate hunt right now. senator santorum is not on the ballot for the congressional district. he is eligible for 44 of the 54 delegates to be voted on. we give out 69. 15 of those are super delegates. governor romney is in good shape and the war start and he has a ground game started. he has to campaign hard and he won't win everything, but we will walk out with a lot of delegates. >> what happened where santorum didn't get on the ballot. how difficult is it for a candidate to get on
not such a good night for mitt romney. you are a romney supporter. what does he need to do next tuesday for illinois? what does he need to do to make sure he wins in illinois? >> i think he will do well and i don't necessarily agree. he picked up a third of the delegates and has more combined than the rest of them combined. it wasn't a bad night. he doll well in illinois and follow the mark kirk model and run as a fiscal conservative and win big here, i think. >> the most recent...
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about mitt romney's religion. paul ripe said we go to different churches but we share the same moral creed. mike huckabee directly addressed it. he said some evangelicals might have questions about mitt romney. he didn't use the word mormon but he said his faith. took it smart head on. smart? >> it was what he could say. when you look at how mitt romney is retaining so much of the republican base and the republican vote, i don't know that's where this election will come down. to this is not george h.w. bush in 1992 who did have a problem with that. romney has it because he is running against barack obama. >> they must have felt, to do it, to invite it. they vet the speeches. to invite it they must think it was something they wanted done. is it for this hall or for the country at large? >> i think the country at large. and paul ryan did it as well. what he has to do, has not been done yet. to lay out a plan for the economy that will actually get us there that is credible. that's what ronald reagan did to take it aw
about mitt romney's religion. paul ripe said we go to different churches but we share the same moral creed. mike huckabee directly addressed it. he said some evangelicals might have questions about mitt romney. he didn't use the word mormon but he said his faith. took it smart head on. smart? >> it was what he could say. when you look at how mitt romney is retaining so much of the republican base and the republican vote, i don't know that's where this election will come down. to this is...
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why they believe mitt romney will win in november. >> we nominate mitt romney, we do so with a greater purpose than winning an advantage for our party. we charge him with the care of a higher cause. his election represents the best hopes for our country and the world. it is said that this election will turn on domestic and economic issues. but what mitt romney knows, and what we know, is that the success at home also depends on our leadership in the world. (train horn) vo: wherever our trains go, the economy comes to life. norfolk southern. one line, infinite possibilities. like the elephant on my chest... he thought he was having a heart attack. she said, "take an aspirin, we need to go to the hospital." i'm on a bayer aspirin regimen. [ male announcer ] be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. i'm very grateful to be alive. aspirin really made a difference. i'm very grateful to be alive. and every day since, two years ago, the people of bp made a commitment to the gulf. we've worked hard to keep it. bp has paid over twenty-three billion dollars to help peop
why they believe mitt romney will win in november. >> we nominate mitt romney, we do so with a greater purpose than winning an advantage for our party. we charge him with the care of a higher cause. his election represents the best hopes for our country and the world. it is said that this election will turn on domestic and economic issues. but what mitt romney knows, and what we know, is that the success at home also depends on our leadership in the world. (train horn) vo: wherever our...
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i can tell you that scott romney, the brother of mitt romney is also in the room right now. i saw a brother of paul ryan make his way into the room. family members of the candidates are starting to make their way into the room. that's a sign of what's to come, the next stage of this night. as of right now, i keep checking and looking down at my iphone to make sure, nothing official yet from the romney campaign. we'll keep checking. >> how does this work? >> these guys are dying. they have wanted this in '08. they wanted it in 2012. inside the romney family, governor romney all the people that worked on it, they bleed and they really bleed. it's sad thing. i might have voted for them but when campaign loses, you're dying on the inside. it hurts like you can't even imagine how much it hurts. >> which i'm sure barack obama will do is you give him time to get that together. it probably won't be long. >> you know mitt romney better than i do. his wife talked him into running. i don't think he was like some of these candidates that have been obsessed with becoming president. >> he
i can tell you that scott romney, the brother of mitt romney is also in the room right now. i saw a brother of paul ryan make his way into the room. family members of the candidates are starting to make their way into the room. that's a sign of what's to come, the next stage of this night. as of right now, i keep checking and looking down at my iphone to make sure, nothing official yet from the romney campaign. we'll keep checking. >> how does this work? >> these guys are dying....
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i want to discuss it with you. >> mitt romney. >> i looked at mitt romney's report. can't figure out what he changes. >> i don't rely to rho romney. >> i don't know if i can trust him. >> he doesn't have the strength to stand up against obama. >> that ad is running in georgia, tennessee, ohio, oklahoma, four of the ten states with contests one week from today. if he turns out to be the nominee, can he beat president obama in november? >> well, i hope so. i'm going to support the republican nominee, but you know, you have to admission have had someone -- it's going to be hard for them to make a difference between the two of them. i think -- the republicans have to look seriously at who could debate obama and win, drawing a sharp distinction and win. every time -- twice now i've nationally been leading in the polls. everybody time it's based on new ideas and new solutions. >> what's the minimum number of victories for you next tuesday that you really need to keep your campaign going? >> well, i think we have to pick up delegates in a number of states and unequivocally
i want to discuss it with you. >> mitt romney. >> i looked at mitt romney's report. can't figure out what he changes. >> i don't rely to rho romney. >> i don't know if i can trust him. >> he doesn't have the strength to stand up against obama. >> that ad is running in georgia, tennessee, ohio, oklahoma, four of the ten states with contests one week from today. if he turns out to be the nominee, can he beat president obama in november? >> well, i hope...
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momentum is leading in romney's direction. what conservatives are looking for is he's saying the right thing these days. do people believe what he's saying? he's a convicted conservative. he's saying the right things. what they are looking for is him not to p pivot like gingrich but start going not just at the media, but after barack obama. somebody is looking for romney to show he has the fight. what you saw in that ad is going to be replicated millions of times over, hundreds of millions of dollars that are framed. the narrative has been framed by the framing of the occupy movement, the haves versus the have nots. >> his ratings are beginning to slip. amy, let's go to you with this. the michigan run is going to be huge. they are set on winning this. what do you see happening super tuesday? a lot of delegates at stake there. they say stop looking at individual primaries, it's about the delegates. could wa count the numbers. super tuesday is going to be the ind indicator as to whether romney can become a front-runner. >> i thi
momentum is leading in romney's direction. what conservatives are looking for is he's saying the right thing these days. do people believe what he's saying? he's a convicted conservative. he's saying the right things. what they are looking for is him not to p pivot like gingrich but start going not just at the media, but after barack obama. somebody is looking for romney to show he has the fight. what you saw in that ad is going to be replicated millions of times over, hundreds of millions of...
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romney will do that. i think he'll do it better than anybody offering themselves for president right now including the president who's proven he can't do that. >> be honest, the moment you heard the following words out of mitt romney's mouth, did you do what the rest of us did, went what? i am severely conservative. >> sure, i wouldn't have used that phrase. you can't have it both ways in a sense. you want people to be spontaneous and you want them speaking from the heart. at times that means some words come out of your mouth that weren't perfect. if you want something perfectly rehearsed, if you want a performance, a theater performance, go to the president of the united states. he reads off the teleprompter, gives a theater performance. if that's what you want. if you think that's genuineness, he's your guy to vote for. happen not to. you know what, i'm out there enough unscripted, i know every once in a while words come occupant of your mouth you would have liked to pick better, in the end, people are
romney will do that. i think he'll do it better than anybody offering themselves for president right now including the president who's proven he can't do that. >> be honest, the moment you heard the following words out of mitt romney's mouth, did you do what the rest of us did, went what? i am severely conservative. >> sure, i wouldn't have used that phrase. you can't have it both ways in a sense. you want people to be spontaneous and you want them speaking from the heart. at times...
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later on in the day, the romney campaign had to come out with an explanation saying, well, governor romney was really talking about that time after he was coming out of college. there were some moments when his employment was not a sure thing. and so this was not a good 24 hours for mitt romney. is it enough to throw him off of his game right now and dash his hopes of winning the new hampshire primary? it would take a tim tebow-style comeback for one of these contenders. >> speaking of that tonight, we were all watching and know what you were talking about. jim, we saw new jersey governor chris christie there with mitt romney today. there was a moment he got heckled. i think it was christie kills jobs or something like that? tim, can you hear? >> oh, yes. i'm sorry. i thought you were talking to one of the other panelists. there were some protesters at the romney event earlier this evening and they were initially saying mitt kills jobs, mitt kills jobs. those protesters were taken out of the event. then they tried to do it to mitt romney's top surrogate, chris christie. christie kills jobs
later on in the day, the romney campaign had to come out with an explanation saying, well, governor romney was really talking about that time after he was coming out of college. there were some moments when his employment was not a sure thing. and so this was not a good 24 hours for mitt romney. is it enough to throw him off of his game right now and dash his hopes of winning the new hampshire primary? it would take a tim tebow-style comeback for one of these contenders. >> speaking of...
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they really argue with what romney says. >> people are paying very close attention to what romney says. elizabeth, thank you. if you would like to learn more about mitt romney's approach go to this website. go to cnn.com/empoweredpatient. >>> president obama speaking live in virginia. his speech was interrupted. we'll play that for you next. >>> live pictures inside the cnn grill, tampa, florida. this place used to be a parking garage. built in six weeks. getting torn down in four single days. be right back. lusive to the mil, and commitment is not limited to one's military oath. the same set of values that drive our nation's military are the ones we used to build usaa bank. with our award winning apps that allow you to transfer funds, pay bills or manage your finances anywhere, anytime. so that wherever your duty takes you, usaa bank goes with you. visit us online to learn what makes our bank so different. scroll... tap... pinch... and zoom... in your car. introducing the all-new cadillac xts with cue. ♪ don't worry. we haven't forgotten, you still like things to push. [ engine revs
they really argue with what romney says. >> people are paying very close attention to what romney says. elizabeth, thank you. if you would like to learn more about mitt romney's approach go to this website. go to cnn.com/empoweredpatient. >>> president obama speaking live in virginia. his speech was interrupted. we'll play that for you next. >>> live pictures inside the cnn grill, tampa, florida. this place used to be a parking garage. built in six weeks. getting torn...
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that was not mitt romney at his best. overall, the thing about president obama is that his skill is in oratory. he's great at sort of exhorting crowds and inspiring people who already agree with him but throughout his presidency and this has been true in interviews, true in press conferences, true in his speeches, he's struggled with the art of persuasion, the art that bill clinton obviously mastered so well. so there, i think there is a weakness for him in the debate, that he has a sort of, he can stumble too, not in the same way that romney can, but he can sort of get tangled up in his slightly professorial style and lose the plot, if you will. >> important as this may be to the romney fortunes, it's a day we discover the romney campaign is planning to unleash, this is their leaking, robust spending in the final five weeks of the campaign. quotes from a republican source, we will spend as much in paid advertising, direct mail and field operations in the next five weeks as we have spent since becoming the presumptive nom
that was not mitt romney at his best. overall, the thing about president obama is that his skill is in oratory. he's great at sort of exhorting crowds and inspiring people who already agree with him but throughout his presidency and this has been true in interviews, true in press conferences, true in his speeches, he's struggled with the art of persuasion, the art that bill clinton obviously mastered so well. so there, i think there is a weakness for him in the debate, that he has a sort of, he...
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both obama and mitt romney want it. you're looking at live pictures of a great crowd that's assembled there in hollywood, florida awaiting president barack obama's arrival. it will be his last stop in florida before election day two days away. there are a lot of warning lights and sounds vying for your attention. so we invented a warning you can feel. introducing the all-new cadillac xts. available with a patented safety alert seat. when there's danger you might not see, you're warned by a pulse in the seat. it's technology you won't find in a mercedes e-class. the all-new cadillac xts has arrived, and it's bringing the future forward. trying to find a better job can be frustrating. so at university of phoenix we're working with a growing list of almost two thousand corporate partners - companies like microsoft, american red cross and adobe - to create options for you. not only that, we're using what we learn from these partners to shape our curriculum. so that when you find the job you want you'll be a perfect fit. let
both obama and mitt romney want it. you're looking at live pictures of a great crowd that's assembled there in hollywood, florida awaiting president barack obama's arrival. it will be his last stop in florida before election day two days away. there are a lot of warning lights and sounds vying for your attention. so we invented a warning you can feel. introducing the all-new cadillac xts. available with a patented safety alert seat. when there's danger you might not see, you're warned by a...
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he's endorsed governor mitt romney for president. who knows, the two could be running against president obama in the fall if romney taps christie to be his vice presidential candidate. threats to hard work is hardly a new issue for president obama either. it was a central team in the kansas speech he used to lay out his economic agenda at the end of last year. listen. >> for most americans the basic bargain that made this country great has eroded. long before the recession hit, hard work topped paying off for too many people. fewer and fewer of the folks who contributed to the success of our economy actually benefited from that success. >> now, the president is referring to the wealthy when he talks about those precious few who are seeing the benefits of this economy. stephen moore an editorial writer for the "wall street journal." good to see you. i know you're not going to side with the president here. give me a sense of what specifically the government does that punishes success and discourages hard work from a conservative perspe
he's endorsed governor mitt romney for president. who knows, the two could be running against president obama in the fall if romney taps christie to be his vice presidential candidate. threats to hard work is hardly a new issue for president obama either. it was a central team in the kansas speech he used to lay out his economic agenda at the end of last year. listen. >> for most americans the basic bargain that made this country great has eroded. long before the recession hit, hard work...
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whichever you way you dress this up, this cannot help mitt romney, can it? >> no. the cynic would say, what did mitt romney do in the last couple of weeks to piss governor chris christie. he didn't have to go the extra ten miles that he went. >> he say the president went the extra mile and his first responsible to the people of new jersey. knowing chris christie as i do, i think he is a straight guy. i like him very much. i think he is a straight talker. i think when he says it he means it. >> i thought he was sincere. >> i saw an interview with him last niechlt in his hometown devastated, places he grew up and i think he thought, this is not about this election and the president is going the extra mile for me. >> i saw the press conference he conducted and i was impressed with a couple of things he said. he pointed out how after irene a year ago, the hurricane, he put forward a bill in the new jersey legislature to change like a 100-year-old law that says when the utilities are downed they are fined $100 a day, an ancient law and he wants that changed to 10,000 or
whichever you way you dress this up, this cannot help mitt romney, can it? >> no. the cynic would say, what did mitt romney do in the last couple of weeks to piss governor chris christie. he didn't have to go the extra ten miles that he went. >> he say the president went the extra mile and his first responsible to the people of new jersey. knowing chris christie as i do, i think he is a straight guy. i like him very much. i think he is a straight talker. i think when he says it he...
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romney is beginning to catch up because now it just romney. i don't know that you can ever get to the point where a president is simply because fund-raising for a president is a lot easier than it is as a challenger but nonetheless, there's plenty of folks they can go to. i think it just shows this is going to be a close race. >> they're both going to have hundreds of millions of dollars. >> where the republicans do have an advantage is the super pacs. they seem to be able to raise a lot more money in the super pacs. >> the democrats now have to go to the grass roots because they understand this isn't going to be like in november of 2008 where they were way ahead. right now we're looking at a race that could be a almost at parity here. eight whole different ball game. of course the first at first was opposed to super pacs and now he's given them his blessing because he's wants to compete against the republican sooup parks. these things have an awful lot of influence in the campaign but sometimes they can run amuck. >> these super pacs? >> thes
romney is beginning to catch up because now it just romney. i don't know that you can ever get to the point where a president is simply because fund-raising for a president is a lot easier than it is as a challenger but nonetheless, there's plenty of folks they can go to. i think it just shows this is going to be a close race. >> they're both going to have hundreds of millions of dollars. >> where the republicans do have an advantage is the super pacs. they seem to be able to raise...
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the romney supporters you heard from completely disagree. i will tell you, though, the unemployment rate here is relatively good, 5.2%, so when you look at the bigger picture here, folks think what is ahead for my children? what does the deficit mean long-term, not just why don't i have a better paying job right now. so look, this is a place where people are very financially conservative. it is the midwest. and they're sick of seeing our government spend the way it has been. >> all right, poppy harlow in des moines, thank you very much. >> reporter: the fight for this key battleground state is heating up. we'll show you how they're helping to win over voters. folks who save hundreds of dollars switching to geico sure are happy. i'd say happier than a slinky on an escalator. get happy. get geico. melons!!! oh yeah!! well that was uncalled for. folks who save hundreds of dollars switching to geico sure are happy. how happy, ronny? happier than gallagher at a farmers' market. get happy. get geico. the economy needs manufacturing. machines, tool
the romney supporters you heard from completely disagree. i will tell you, though, the unemployment rate here is relatively good, 5.2%, so when you look at the bigger picture here, folks think what is ahead for my children? what does the deficit mean long-term, not just why don't i have a better paying job right now. so look, this is a place where people are very financially conservative. it is the midwest. and they're sick of seeing our government spend the way it has been. >> all right,...
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mitt romney might get one. but the big battlegrounds are ohio, tennessee, oklahoma, and the question mark of whether gingrich can come back for a fourth or fifth life, whatever the count is right now, by winning his home state of georgia. >> gloria, how damaging -- it seemed to me there were three damaging hits on rick santorum. he went for this great position. he had a bad debate. i felt he was very weak that night. secondly, that ridiculous statement that president kennedy made him puke. come on, that seems to be bad politics. >> i think he needs to grow up. >> we call him puke in britain. it's the same thing. it's the excretion of vomit or something. president jfk. come on. and the last thing that i thought reamly was completely wrong, badly timed, inappropriate, and damaging, was this thing about the president being a snob for wanting people to go to college. i couldn't fathom what political damage he could do in the state. >> he was going for the voters he actually got, which were the most conservative vot
mitt romney might get one. but the big battlegrounds are ohio, tennessee, oklahoma, and the question mark of whether gingrich can come back for a fourth or fifth life, whatever the count is right now, by winning his home state of georgia. >> gloria, how damaging -- it seemed to me there were three damaging hits on rick santorum. he went for this great position. he had a bad debate. i felt he was very weak that night. secondly, that ridiculous statement that president kennedy made him...
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has the hiatus slowed mitt romney's momentum? are you hoping whatever people thought before the storm they froze whatever they're going to do and still going to do it and not going to swing back to the president because of the storm? >> that will have to be seen. there's no question we have five days left that the momentum is with us, has been now for a long time. obviously you stop campaigning for a few days, you have to come back, see what happens out there but the key is, we've been living under barack obama for four years. americans know exactly the impact his policies have had on him, enormouslile chaeninging and what mitt romney is offering them is a break from the status quo, not four more years but four years of promises of new jobs and a fresh start for millions of americans, a brighter future for their children, it's a clear choice here, erin, and i don't think three days of us being worried and praying for the victims of this storm are going to change four years of aboutment. . >> what about, though, then just the bott
has the hiatus slowed mitt romney's momentum? are you hoping whatever people thought before the storm they froze whatever they're going to do and still going to do it and not going to swing back to the president because of the storm? >> that will have to be seen. there's no question we have five days left that the momentum is with us, has been now for a long time. obviously you stop campaigning for a few days, you have to come back, see what happens out there but the key is, we've been...
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a parade of potential romney vps took center stage in illinois. here there are. >> barack obama's leadership is driving this business, the united states of america towards a fiscal cliff. >> we can't afford another four more years of this administration. >> let's look at the record. 40 months of unemployment over 8.1%. that may be the best that barack obama can do, but that is not the best that america can do. >> a new poll out from the conservative political action conference shows here it is, drum roll, florida senator marco rubio is the favored vp pick with 30% of the vote. chris christie was second with 14%, rand paul came in as you can see fourth, paul ryan was third at 9%. other notables mentioned are ohio senator rob portman, south dakota's john thune and tim pawlenty. they didn't make the list there for those that voted. that conservative caucus tends to go very conservative. it's the big question isn't who mitt romney will choose but when. "outfront" tomorrow. roll land, everyone is making their choice and they wait until the conventions.
a parade of potential romney vps took center stage in illinois. here there are. >> barack obama's leadership is driving this business, the united states of america towards a fiscal cliff. >> we can't afford another four more years of this administration. >> let's look at the record. 40 months of unemployment over 8.1%. that may be the best that barack obama can do, but that is not the best that america can do. >> a new poll out from the conservative political action...
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romney. the first lady shared her debate anxiety with our jessica yellin. >> i get so nervous at these debates and you know, i'm like one of those parents watching their kid on the balance beam. just standing there just trying not to, you know, have any expression at all. >> ann romney revealed to our gloria borger that she helped reassure her husband during past debates. >> and almost after every answer that he gives, he'll find me in the audience to see, was that good? was that okay? >> we're going to have much more on those interviews with michelle and ann as we count down to the debate. we're mobilizing the full resources of cnn for our coverage tonight. let's bring in and erson cooper. >> it's going to be an exciting night and during the debate, we are going to clock the candidates to see how much time they get to talk overall about each issue and we'll get immediate reaction to what president obama and governor romney are are saying from a focus group of undecided colorado voters. their
romney. the first lady shared her debate anxiety with our jessica yellin. >> i get so nervous at these debates and you know, i'm like one of those parents watching their kid on the balance beam. just standing there just trying not to, you know, have any expression at all. >> ann romney revealed to our gloria borger that she helped reassure her husband during past debates. >> and almost after every answer that he gives, he'll find me in the audience to see, was that good? was...
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it was negative against romney and -- >> 23:1 rk, to romney, they dese that? >> no, no, no. ny n the study, they look at the media broadly. do they deserve that? it's whether msnbc and fox believe that's their job. >> that's their business models ? >> yes. they're not the news page, they're the op-ed page. >> though this is becoming less of a clear line now, that they try to be straight reporters and that it's the o'reillies and the ed schultzes and rachel ma douse that do the opinion. >> false, false, false. it's not true. some of the shows on msnbc are staffed by straight reporters and others are more partisan. the point you were making about -- this study overall actually is pretty good for the press and is a hit against people who think that the mainstream media is biased toward democrats. you pointed out if you take out the horse race coverage, that's just coverage that says obama is ahead and count that as a positive story, if you clear it all out, it's perfectly sneechb let me move on. i want to get to nate silver, he's predicting an obama victory on tuesday some of h
it was negative against romney and -- >> 23:1 rk, to romney, they dese that? >> no, no, no. ny n the study, they look at the media broadly. do they deserve that? it's whether msnbc and fox believe that's their job. >> that's their business models ? >> yes. they're not the news page, they're the op-ed page. >> though this is becoming less of a clear line now, that they try to be straight reporters and that it's the o'reillies and the ed schultzes and rachel ma douse...
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but, you know, look, mitt romney wasn't there either. of course now republicans, mitt romney released a statement within a nano second saying this is great for the country and so goes wisconsin so goes the rest of the country. so, you know, it's clear that mitt romney as a result of this will probably be spending more time in the state of wisconsin and so will president obama trying to defend what's natural democratic turf. >> reihan, do you think there will be some donor fatigue? winners get more money. will it backfire? this is something that president obama could say, look, we don't have as much money, but that's because of all the big fat cats are supporting mitt romney and sort of get that resurgence of people who sort of want to fight against big money in politics. >> even before we had any results, erin, you had david axelrod talking about the fund-raising advantage on the part of republicans and other pro walker allies in wisconsin. not mentioning the enormous fund-raising capacity and the cash on hand that the obama campaign has
but, you know, look, mitt romney wasn't there either. of course now republicans, mitt romney released a statement within a nano second saying this is great for the country and so goes wisconsin so goes the rest of the country. so, you know, it's clear that mitt romney as a result of this will probably be spending more time in the state of wisconsin and so will president obama trying to defend what's natural democratic turf. >> reihan, do you think there will be some donor fatigue? winners...